Tuskegee Institute sponsored the first movable school to bring agricultural training to Black adults in rural areas. Thomas Monroe Campbell, the school's first teacher, pioneered the use of demonstrations as an effective teaching tool for rural families. (IAH)

The author relates his experiences in the undergraduate teacher education program at one of only two public higher education institutions open to Blacks at the time. The curriculum is described, and his experiences during student teaching and his first teaching jobs are detailed. (IAH)

Female school administrators need gender-specific survival skills. This article describes a graduate course which seeks to increase the leadership skills of prospective and recently appointed female administrators. The course also stresses sensitivity to racial issues and awareness of the influences of race on human interactions. (IAH)

This article outlines the goals, rationale, content, and strategies of "Equity Awareness," a course within the professional preparation program for physical education students at the University of Massachusetts. Topics include stereotyping, racism, homophobia, motor elitism, and sexism in physical education. (IAH)

A teacher reflects on the low status of people in the teaching profession, stressing the need for improved teacher education to improve teacher status. Several hopeful signs (e.g., institutions developing teacher education as a graduate specialty, emphasizing careful work with teachers) indicate teacher education may be gaining more respect. (SM)

An experienced teacher reflects on changes in teacher education programs, noting educational background is only one part of a continuous process for self-renewal involving graduate courses, inservice credits, workshops, and committees. Education students, who now spend more time in the classrooms, are encouraged to do fieldwork and pursue…

A former student remembers George S. Counts (an outstanding scholar in the foundations of education, former president of the American Federation of Teachers, and founding member of the New York State Liberal Party) as a teacher. Counts took teaching extremely seriously, so his lectures were always fresh, current, and apropos. (SM)

A former student remembers Boyd H. Bode's teaching in the 1930s. Bode's mission was to attack and remove absolutes standing in the way of free thinking and hindering the efforts of those who would build a more democratic society with an educational system appropriate for solving problems of the day. (SM)

A memoir about William Heard Kilpatrick examines his style as a master teacher and leader of educational organizations during the 1930's, providing a personal account of this teacher whose huge classes brought in over $1 million in tuition fees. He promoted progressive education and advocated recognition of individual differences. (SM)

A former student remembers H. Gordon Hullfish's teaching as centering on the learner's ideas and values. Hullfish believed that the purpose of the classroom was to increase the opportunity for young people to participate in reflective activities. He felt that education should transform the social order. (SM)

The model Iowa-UPSTEP (Undergraduate Preservice Science Teacher Education Program) practicum series of field experiences at the University of Iowa is described. Participants begin in elementary schools (to change their behaviors away from the traditional teacher-centered science classroom) and progress to full student teaching in a science…

The article describes the Social Studies Professional Semester at the State University of New York at Albany as a capstone experience for prospective secondary social studies teachers. Promoting development of critical rather than technical rationality in beginning teachers, it encourages a realistic perspective on the context and processes of…

This article examines teaching methods for graduate courses in curriculum that encourage student/teacher interaction. Side-by-side involves exploring through dialogically examining something in the world with someone. Face-to-face implies the instructor has a responsibility to present a mode of being that is responsive to the student. (SM)

This article describes preservice teachers' trips to explore progressive public schools (past and present), emphasizing one to Central Park East School in Spanish Harlem. The schools have strong leadership, high expectations, and a commitment to a child-centered approach in common. Future teachers gain perspective and insight from such visits. (SM)

A teacher describes a master's level course, "The Changing American Elementary School," which has students stage theatrical productions, read literature as history, and engage in art criticism. He discusses the importance of incorporating arts and humanities into the teaching of curriculum to help students integrate their master's…